Tag Archives: Culture and democracy

Power plays

Posted on June 1, 2011 by lindaessig

I’m taking a break from my (not particularly popular) series on the theoretical underpinnings of arguments opposed to government funding for the arts to comment on the recent line-item veto by Kansas Governor Brownback of funding for that state’s arts … Continue reading →

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Waxing Theoretical Part 4: The neocons

Posted on May 27, 2011 by lindaessig

This is the fourth in my series exploring the roots of arguments that oppose government funding for the arts.  It is excerpted from a longer exploratory essay on the topic and is essentially a thought exercise.  My goal is to … Continue reading →

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Waxing Theoretical Part 3: The art of separation

Posted on May 16, 2011 by lindaessig

This is the third in a series of posts exploring the roots of arguments that oppose government funding for the arts.  It is excerpted from a longer exploratory essay on the topic and is essentially a thought exercise.  My goal … Continue reading →

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Waxing Theoretical Part 2: Small “el” liberalism

Posted on May 12, 2011 by lindaessig

This is the second in a series of blog posts in which I draw from an essay I’ve been working on to unpack some of the arguments that are made against government funding for the arts.  We are seeing this … Continue reading →

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Waxing Theoretical

Posted on April 29, 2011 by lindaessig

I’ve  been away from my blog for a while, mainly due to the death of my father, but also because I’ve been working on several essays and other projects (you can expect a third edition of “Lighting and the Design … Continue reading →

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A Broken String

Posted on March 12, 2011 by lindaessig

The Bead Museum in Glendale AZ shut its doors today.  It did so, according to a posting on the AZ Commission on the Arts website, because of significant decrease in contributed income over the last several years due to the … Continue reading →

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Measuring Success (first thoughts)

Posted on March 6, 2011 by lindaessig

Late last week, the NEA released a re-interpretation of its 2008 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts.  In the announcement of the new analysis, the agency writes “For nearly three decades, the periodic survey has focused primarily on live … Continue reading →

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Individual Advocacy

Posted on February 24, 2011 by lindaessig

In his createquity blog, Ian David Moss wrote “of fostering a sense of shared responsibility among arts advocates in every state for what happens to the arts in every other state.” Of course we need to do so.  But, we … Continue reading →

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American Shame

Posted on February 19, 2011 by lindaessig

I was planning to write this week about a productive meeting I had Monday with Cindy Au of kickstarter.com and about how using kickstarter.com and other crowd-sourced financing options “teach” entrepreneurial habits of mind.  But with cuts to the NEA … Continue reading →

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Arts Policy: Oranges and Pomegranates

Posted on February 13, 2011 by lindaessig

The arts policy conversation was fueled last week by an announcement from the governor of Kansas that the state’s arts commission would cease to be a state agency and by Texas Governor Perry’s statement that the Texas arts commission was … Continue reading →

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